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Rehlat reveals top five travel hacks

  Emirates Business Rehlat, the hottest new online travel company in the region offers the best experience possible for its customers. A team of experts compiled quick and easy guidelines to help travellers have an easier journey, alongside the online travel agency’s most sought after deals. WARNING: FRAGILE! Did you know that if you put fragile tape on your luggage ...

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Bebe to close stores in brick-and-mortar retreat

  Bloomberg Bebe Stores Inc., a women’s apparel chain with locations across the US, is planning to shut its stores and seek a turnaround as an online brand, according to people familiar with the situation. The company is trying to close the locations without filing for bankruptcy, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the efforts aren’t ...

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Climate outlook better on fewer coal plants

  BEIJING / AP Led by cutbacks in China and India, construction of new coal-fired power plants is falling worldwide, improving chances climate goals can be met despite earlier pessimism, three environmental groups said on Wednesday. A joint report by the groups CoalSwarm, the Sierra Club and Greenpeace follows a warning this week by two international agencies that the world ...

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US nuclear subsidies may trigger higher power bills

  Bloomberg Expanding state aid to money-losing nuclear reactors across the eastern US may leave consumers on the hook for as much as $3.9 billion a year in higher power bills. Nuclear plant owners are seeking subsidies in Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey after Exelon Corp. won state aid for reactors in Illinois and New York last year. Should ...

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Oil investment trio hunts for bargains after crude crash

  Bloomberg A trio of Houston-based private-equity funds is sifting through the oil industry with a view to potentially reaching $4 billion of investments after the market crash created some bargains. Argus Energy Managers, made up of three firms that invest in smaller explorers and service providers, expects to end the year with combined funds north of $2 billion and ...

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UK tops Europe for venture investment despite ‘Brexit’

  Bloomberg The UK drew more venture-capital investment last year than the next four European countries combined, mitigating concerns that Brexit is hurting British startups’ fundraising. Venture-capital firms plowed 6.8 billion pounds ($8.5 billion) into Britain last year, according to an annual study released on Wednesday from Tech City UK, a London-based organization that promotes the country’s digital economy. That’s ...

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Telecom policy tilts in favour of industry under Trump’s FCC

  NEW YORK / AP Trumpism is slowly taking hold on your phone and computer, as newly installed federal regulators begin chipping away at hard-fought protections on privacy and competition. These protections, put in place during the Obama administration, had upset the phone and cable industries. The new regime at the Federal Communications Commission says consumers win if businesses face ...

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Mexico rising as most alluring emerging market for investors

  Bloomberg Mexico is the most attractive emerging market for investors, based on a range of metrics analyzed by Bloomberg including growth, yields and equity valuations. India is the worst. Mexico saw its currency slide and bond yields surge as President Donald Trump was elected in November after lambasting the country for stealing US jobs. Even after an initial sell-off ...

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